1956 Aston Martin "Supersonic" is a boom from the past

This Ghia-penned Aston Martin is one of a kind.

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It's likely you associate Aston Martin with Italian design houses like Touring or Zagato more than Ghia, but it's the latter that penned and built this
achingly beautiful, yet deeply futuristic 1956 Aston Martin. There were 15 of these so-called "Supersonic" Ghia bodies built, and this is the only one
based on an Aston Martin chassis. Underneath that bodywork lies a DB2/4.

The car here was displayed in the Turin Motor Showback in 1956, driven there by Grand Prix driver Harry Schell. After the show, it was sold to Richard
Cowell, Aston Martin boss David Brown's friend and a U.S. water skiing team member. Cowell paid $15,000 for the car, and later gave it to his bride in
1958. The couple divorced in 1959, and the car was sold.

These photos depict the car how it was originally at the Turin Motor Show, but also in a noticeably
rougher state in the 1970s, wearing an electric blue paint job.

These days, the Aston appears in "better than new" condition, after a $300,000-$400,000 restoration. It's pristine white with a metallic turquoise roof, a
fetching color combination and one that would definitely stand out on a plinth in Turin, almost 60 years ago. Right now, it's on display in Sotheby's
Manhattan lobby, and will go under the auction hammer in November. It's expected to fetch as much as $2 million.